Call The Midwife season 7 release date, cast, trailer: When will the BBC series air?

Call The Midwife season 7 release date, cast, trailer: When will the BBC series air?

CALL THE MIDWIFE is back this month for the 7th series of the heartwarming drama. But when is season 7 released? Here’s everything you need to know including plot, release date, cast, trailer and more…

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What will happen in season 7 of Call The Midwife?

Season seven will see the nuns and nurses tested both personally and professionally. It is set in 1963 against the back drop of a changing and modernising city during the Big Freeze.

The official synopsis from BBC says: “Their work brings them into contact with a wide range of challenging issues, from Leprosy to Stroke, Cataracts, and unmarried mothers.”

Love is in the air for Trixie Franklin (played by Helen George) as her relationship with divorced dentist Christopher Dockerill (Jack Hawkins) blossoms.

Barbara (Charlotte Ritchie) and Tom (Jack Ashton) enjoy life as a married couple and Nurse Crane (Linda Bassett) has her authority questioned.

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A new midwife is joining the cast for season 7

The first West Indian midwife on the series is newcomer Leonie Elliott who will play Nurse Lucille Anderson. While she is quick to settle in, Nurse Anderson will face some racial prejudice as the show attempts to explore the experiences of Caribbean nurses who came to Britain in the 1960s to support the growing NHS.

Life for the Turners will be turned upside down when Shelagh (Laura Main) employs a Hungarian au pair (Nina Yndis).

Speaking on reprising her role as the much-loved Trixie Franklin, Helen George said: “I think because the writing is so strong, people have fallen in love with the characters - there’s a strong sense of community that people miss in their day-to-day life, there’s a harking back to this era - to the 50s and 60s - and there’s a familiarity about it.”

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Leonie Elliott will play Nurse Lucille Anderson

Who will star in Call The Midwife season 7?

Series seven will see many favourites return to their roles.

The midwives are of course Phyllis Crane (Linda Bassett), Trixie Franklin (Helen George), Valerie Dyer (Jennifer Kirby), Barbara Hereward (Charlotte Ritchie) and brand new nurse on the scene, Lucille Anderson, who is played by Leonie Elliot.

Speaking on her new part in the series, Leonie said: “My parents and grandparents are Jamaican so I drew upon some of their experiences.”

The actress, who has also appeared in Black Mirror, added: “Sometimes it’s not very nice, but I feel that we’ve come a long way since the 60s.

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The Turners will be back for series 7

“I feel that through my storyline I’ve been able to get to know more my parents’ and my grandparents’ history, and what they had to go through.”

Other characters returning to the show this weekend include the Turners - Shelagh (Laura Main) and Dr Patrick (Stephen McGann).